It's been a long time, ne? Oh well, I'm not so energetic nowadays but at least I'm in the mood to write this! Actually, I'm currently writing chap 6 which is written in my fanfic notebook. I'm really sorry I updated late because I've been looking for my fanfic notebook for weeks! Really, I'm a messy person...and seriously suffering from short term memory loss...hehe...remember Dory from 'Finding Nemo'? Yeah, I'm almost like that. So forgive me and forget it. Just enjoy!

Disclaimer: Are you suffering from short term memory loss too? I already said, I DO NOT OWN GAKUEN ALICE!!!

NatsuMikan383 blasting in!! ^_^

Preview...
The tangerine-named girl began to stir, until she fluttered open her beautiful chocolate orbs. But her eyes didn't show any emotion at all. It seems as cold as Hotaru's eyes. That cheerful look on Mikan was gone and she remained silent...

Chapter 4
Only Hope

"Mikan, are you okay? Does anything hurt?" Hotaru bombarded the brunette with questions. "Please, just answer my stupid questions!" she desperately yelled in an obvious worried tone. The nullifier blinked her chocolate orbs innocently. But before she could even open your mouth, the great kuro neko just said the nicest greeting you can get after waking up from a coma. Ugh, I'm writing irony here!

"You finally woke up, idiot" the crimson-eyed boy said.

The auburn-haired girl blinked once again. "What?" she said dryly, as her throat was parched for she just recovered from a comatose state. "Who...who are you? And what am I doing here?!"

She went hysterical and almost pounced on the two raven-haired teens, but the dextrose held her back and it would be painful if she moved any further. Nonetheless, she was still struggling to break free.

Panic-stricken, Natsume and Hotaru tried to still maintain their cold fronts and looked at each other quizzically. "Stop the prank, it's not funny anymore. This can't be serious!" the ice queen was the commented lightly. Her lips trembled as she spoke. "Tell me it's all a lie..."

The brunette stopped and calmed herself down. Her eyes flickered for a moment with anger, and as if Hotaru's cold voice made her wake up and became aware of everything.

Then suddenly, Mikan put her hand on her head, wincing in pain. "Mikan!" Natsume moved closer to the brunette. "Are you okay?" he said as he put his hands on her shoulders.

The nullifier slapped the flamecaster's hand and stated venomously, "Don't touch me!"

Natsume distanced from Mikan and went back to Hotaru's side. This couldn't be happening. If this was a simple prank or trick, they would have discovered from the very start. Eyes hidden behind his raven locks, Natsume said through gritted teeth. "Mi-kan"

The brown-eyed girl looked up, as she felt that someone just called out her name. While her eyes were shining in curiousity to know whether it was her name or what, the kuro neko bolted out. "This is impossible!" with the last remark, he marched out to the door and slammed it shut. And Mikan was left on the starchy white hospital bed and remained silent as she was clueless about everything.

Outside, the gang was waiting when Natsume bursted out from the door. "Is she awake?" startled, Nonoko asked. "Yes..." Natsume trailed off. "And she got an amnesia" he finished which made his 'friends' jaws drop to the floor.

"WHAT?!"

The flamecaster approached the dark blue-haired girl who was sitting on a bench beside Koko. "Where the hell is the doctor?" he demanded. "He's doing an emergency operation right now. I think he'll finish about..." she stopped as she put a finger on her lip. Just then, she saw a figure emerging from the hallway. "...about NOW"

Nonoko ran to her father like a little girl. "Father, Mikan-chan has amnesia!" she informed. "So it's been confirmed..." frowning, it was all the doctor could reply for now. "What do you mean 'so it's been confirmed'?!" the raven-haired boy fumed, as he expected a better answer from the Nonoko's father. "She lost all her memories!! How can you stay so calm like that?" Natsume scowled.

"And how could you look so peaceful, when in here," Dr. Mitsuki pointed to the black cat's heart. "...you're in distraught and you're struggling to break free from a raging war?"

Natsume's scowled dropped when a small chuckle escaped from his lips. He turned to face Nonoko and asked, "What, is your father really a doctor or a poet?" the statement made everyone who paid attention giggle softly. "Or a fortune-teller, maybe," he muttered and stared into the doctor's midnight blue eyes. His eyes narrowed.

"We're not talking about me here, we're talking about Mikan" he said solemnly, which made the giggling students to stop. Sumire even gasped, as she never expected her idol to be this serious when talking about Mikan.

Nonoko's father calmly smiled. "If it's about Mikan, it's also about you right?" and his smile became the teasing type, or it converted into a smirk. Natsume looked away, who was blushing uncontrollably. Dr. Mitsuki let out a feeble laugh and tapped the teenage boy's laugh.

"Now that will quiet you down" the doctor mumbled as he ran a finger across his dark-blue, almost purple hair. While Nonoko smiled proudly at how her father handled such a guy like Natsume. He really had a way of getting what he wants.

"After my emergency operation a while ago, Mikan's CT Scans were given to me," the doctor explained. "I personally saw some parts of her brain was badly injured and I figured out that there's a possibility that her memories were erased"

"Will she get her memory back?" Ruka butted in, worriedly looking over to his raven-haired friend which had a desperate look in his eyes. The doctor nodded and said, "Actually, it depends..."

Everyone sweatdropped.

"The memories of a person may be forgotten but it will never be completely erased. The information about her past was just locked up in a secluded part of her brain" he continued speaking, ignoring the sweatdrops of the teens listening to him. "All we can do now is to provoke that part of her brain to activate once again by showing her sentimental things and places that has most of her memories. There will be a time when the damaged brain cells can repair themselves in time and eventually bring back all her memories"

"That should be easy!" Sumire cheered. "Yes, we'll have to show her the things she liked before she forgot everything..." Yuu added. "We can buy her lots of Howalons!" Anna suggested. "Then we'll let her see her polkadot panties" Natsume remarked with a smirk, earning glares from everyone except for Sumire, who was laughing sheepishly. "What?" the kuro neko innocently asked.

"Seriously, this is no time to joke, Natsume-san," Ruka kinda scolded. "And did I said I was joking?" the flamecaster snapped back, scowling at his bestfriend.

"However..." the doctor took advantage of the awkward silence and continued with his lecture. The gang's excitement and eagerness to bring back Mikan's memory died down. 'Why does the word 'however' always ruin a perfect moment?' Natsume thought as he gave his sole attention to the guy wearing a white robe and a stethoscope hanging around his neck.

"If the brain cells are not used or reactivated in a few weeks' time, it may die┘together with Mikan's memories..." and that statement discouraged everyone. They say, time will heal everything. But in Mikan's case, time will make things worse.

⌠Can't an alice heal her amnesia?" out of the blue, Permy asked and stunned everyone. They waited eagerly for an answer, by every minute, the tension is building dangerously higher.

The doctor hesitated, and in a strained voice, he said, "Practically, No...But..."

Everyone silently rejoiced by the last word. 'So 'buts' could bring good news' Natsume thought. "But what?" the kuro neko asked impatiently, the suspense is killing him.

"But...someone we all know can heal her," he finally continued. "...if you're that desperate..."

"WHO?!" everyone shouted in anticipation.

Breathing deeply, Mitsuki Ogasawara spoke in a clear voice, "The leader of the Anti-Alice Organization...

...Niji Yuuki..."

"EH?"

Oh yeah! I'm done! Did that make any sense? The one who can only heal Mikan is the leader of AAO, which is, not yet revealed in the manga. Some of my classmates say it's Yuka Azumi, Mikan's mother, but I gotta better plan for her. So, if you ask me if Niji Yuuki really is the AAO's leader, then I'd probably say NO. Only Tachibana-san knows who the leader is. For Pete's sake, it's her own manga! And I almost forgot, I decided to add some humor 'cause I know it'll bore you to death if it's too serious. So what do you think? REVIEW!!!

Well then, did you like it? I'd like to credits miraclewish68 for editing some of the chapters and for introducing Wish-chan to me. But we really didn't meet in personal. I mean, Pau-chan gave me a site about a fanfic about the 'New Trials of Card Captor Sakura, Syaoran and friends'. I'm addicted to it. It happened after Movie 2 and it explains about things like why the Clow Book was in Sakura's basement and the history of Clow Reed. Oh, sorry for babbling on about that, if you don't understand me, then just proceed reading to the last paragraph of my author's note.

I learned a lot of new words and tactics to avoid saying similar terms over and over again...I hate that! Anyways...if you like to read it then the URL is in my profile. Please consider reading it, it's really worth your while especially if you're disappointed about CCS' ending!!

You'd probably think I'm crazy, promoting other people's fics than mine. Honestly speaking, I'm not that good. But your little reviews serve as fuel to me. And mind you, there's a fuel crisis in my country! Hehe...get it? Oh nevermind. I'm signing out. I'll see you around peepz! Did I just say REVIEW? Oh yeah, I already said that. REVIEW!!!

NatsuMikan383 blasting out!!